Funeral expenses and pensions are two different expenses, which are paid separately. Although they are all distributed after death, the distribution subjects are different, the purposes are different, the procedures are different, and even there is no difference.

Funeral expenses are paid by the government, so that the families of the deceased can pay the funeral expenses.

Pensions are paid by the deceased units, and the standards of each unit are different. The purpose is to comfort the families of the deceased.

1, about the calculation standard of funeral expenses

Treatment of employees and retirees of enterprises who died due to illness or non-work-related death;

(1) Funeral subsidies and one-time relief funds for immediate family members shall be paid in one lump sum according to the average social wages of this municipality for the last three months and 10 months.

(two) to support immediate family members, according to the sum of local living difficulties subsidy standards and price subsidies, monthly payment to everyone.

(3) If the immediate family members are widowed, the monthly living allowance shall be paid according to 200% of the living allowance standard for employees of local urban enterprises.

2. Death pension is a living allowance paid by the citizen's unit to the close relatives or dependents of the deceased in accordance with the relevant provisions after the death of the citizen, and it also has certain spiritual comfort content. The object of payment is the close relatives or supporters of the deceased, which is a kind of economic help or comfort to the close relatives of the deceased. It is used to give special care and relief to the close relatives of the deceased, especially the minors who rely on the deceased to live without financial resources or the immediate family members who have lost their ability to work. It is a comfort to the mental pain of the close relatives of the deceased. The treatment of death pension can be reasonably divided with reference to the principle of inheritance treatment in the inheritance law, and appropriate care can be given to minors who have no financial resources or their immediate family members who have lost their ability to work.

Funeral expenses do not belong to the scope of inheritance stipulated by our country and cannot be inherited as inheritance.

legal ground

Regulations on industrial injury insurance

Article 39 If an employee dies at work, his close relatives shall receive funeral subsidies, pension for supporting relatives and one-time work-related death subsidies from the industrial injury insurance fund in accordance with the following provisions:

(a) the funeral subsidy is the average monthly salary of employees in the overall planning area for 6 months;

(2) The pension for supporting relatives shall be paid to the relatives who provided the main source of livelihood before the death of the employee and were unable to work because of work according to a certain proportion of the employee's salary. The standard is: spouse 40%, other relatives 30%, widowed elderly or orphans 10%. The total approved pension of dependent relatives should not be higher than the salary of employees who died at work. The specific scope of supporting relatives shall be stipulated by the administrative department of social insurance of the State Council;

(three) the standard of one-time work death allowance is 20 times of the per capita disposable income of urban residents in the previous year.

If a disabled employee dies at work during the period of paid suspension, his close relatives shall enjoy the treatment stipulated in the first paragraph of this article.

If a disabled worker of Grade 1 to Grade 4 dies after the expiration of his unpaid leave, his close relatives may enjoy the treatment specified in Items (1) and (2) of the first paragraph of this article.